Failures in safety protocols to reduce transmission of infectious agents

By: Judy Mathias

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Editor’s Note

This study from the University of Utah and University of Michigan found frequent and varied active failures in safety protocols to reduce infectious agent transmission by hospital personnel, including violations, mistakes, and slips.

The factors that contributed to these failures varied not only across but within the different failure types, suggesting the need for strategies to reduce potential transmission risk during routine hospital care, the researchers concluded.